Agent-based simulation of open source evolution

Software Process Improvement and Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 423-434

  Smith, Neu ^a   Capiluppi, Andrea ^b   Fernández Ramil, Juan ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agent based simulation; Metrics; Open source software; Productivity; Simulation models; Software evolution; Software process

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PRODUCTIVITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

AGENT-BASED SIMULATION; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; SIMULATION MODELS; SOFTWARE EVOLUTION; SOFTWARE PROCESS;

SOFTWARE AGENTS;

EID: 33747085287     PISSN: 10774866     EISSN: 10991670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/spip.280     Document Type: Conference Paper

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